Wagon-brake.



No. 788,214. I PATENTED APR. 25, 1905. 0. J. A. MAUI-HIT.

WAGON BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.5,1904.

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C. J. A. MAGHUT.

WAGON BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.5,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

NTTED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. A. MACHUT, OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WISCONSIN.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 788,214, dated April25, 1905.

Application filed December 5,1904. Serial No. 235,486.

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. A. MAGHUT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Sheboygan Falls, in the county of Sheboyganand State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in VVagon-Brakes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to wagon-brakes; and

it consists in certain peculiarities of construc' tion and combinationof parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter in connection with theaccompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is an under side plan View of a wagonequipped with my said device; and .Fig. 2 is a view of the same in sideelevation and partly in section, both views being partially broken awayto better illustrate certain details of construction. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetail views illustrating portions of the said device.

Referring by numerals to the said drawings,

1 1 designate the front wheels, and 2 2 thehind wheels, of awagon; 3,the front axle, and 4 the rear axle; 5, the bottom, and 6 7 the sides,of the wagon-box.

8 and 9 are the front and rear bolsters beneath the wagon-box, as usual,and having the ordinary bolster-stakes to hold the box, as shown at 10.

11 designates the wagon-reach, which extends between the axle andbolster at the rear, while the front end of said reach extends betweenthe front axle and a transverse beam 12, parallel therewith and belowthe front bolster.

13 designates the king-bolt, and 14 the front hounds, supported betweenthe beam 12 and front axle 3, there being a correspondingly-eurved ironrod 15 above the hounds 14,

secured thereto by eyebolts 16, and there being bolts 17 uniting thebeam 12, hounds 14, and axle 3, and the king-bolt 13 passing through thesaid beam and axle and reach 11.

18 designates the tongue of the wagon, the rear end of which isincreased in width and shaped to just fit within the forward ends of thehounds 14, this end of the tongue being block 42.

properly reinforced by a metal band 19 and pivotally secured to saidhounds by bolts 20. Above the tongue, adjacent to its rear end, is ametal keeper 21, having a longitudinal slot 22 therein, and thewhiffietree 23 rests on said tongue and passes through said keeper andhas a hook or eyebolt 24 passing through said slot 22. A cord, wire,chain, or other flexible connection 25 extends back from this hook oreyebolt 24 to connect with the brake .mechanism to be now described,passing through a hole 26 in the front bolster 8.

27 designates a brake-beam extending transversely under the wagon-box 5and passing through keepers 28 28, secured to block 33, and a beam 34 onthe under side of said box and carrying brake-shoes 29 29 at each endfor engagement with the peripheries of the rear wagon-wheels 2 2.

30 30 indicate levers pivoted within said keepers 28 28 and connected tothe brakebeam 27 by links 31 31, while the other or inner ends ofsaid'levers 3O 30 are supported by the arms of a plate 32, projectingfrom the under side of said brake-beam 27. The beam 34 just named issecured to and extends transversely beyond the side edges of thewagon-box 5 and forms part of a frame, whose other members are a likebeam 35, united by upper tie-beams 36 37 and an under side strap 38,there being a lever 39 pivotally connected to the tie-beam 36, the otherend of this lever moving between the other tiebeam, 37, and strap 38.Links 40 40 extend from the free ends of the levers 3O 30 and areconnected by ring 41 to a double-eye block 42, from one eye of which ashort chain 43 extends to an eyebolt 44, depending from the center ofthe under side of the lever 39, while the hereinbefore-named flexibleconnection 25 is secured to the other eye of the saideye- Rear hounds orbraces 45 45 are bolted to the rear axle 4, and a plate 46 connects theforward end of these braces, and from there a bolt 47 unites this plateto the reach 11, while stout spiral springs 48 48 connect the rearbolster 9 to the brakebeam 27.

Within reach of the drivers seat 49 is a hand-lever 50, pivotallysecured to a bearing 51 on the under side of the wagon-box and extendingup alongside of the box side 6. Secured to the latter is a rack-bar 52,the teeth of which serve as dctents for said lever, and a wire, cord,chain, or other flexible connection 53 extends from said lever to aneyebolt 5a on the hereinbefore-named lever 39.

The operation of my brake device will be readily understood from theforegoing description, taken in connection with the accompan yingdrawings. When the wagon is being driven forward, the draft on thewhiflletree 23 pulls the same forward to the front end of the keeper 21,and this draws on the flexible connection 25 and through the levers 3Oand links 31 31 draws the brake-beam 27 forward, and thus pulls thebrake-shoes 29 29 away from contact with the rear wheels 2 2; but whenthe wagon stops the springs 48 48 at once pull the brake-beam 27 back,and thus set the said brake-shoes against the said wheels. If it isdesired to' back the wagon,

the hand-lever 50 is pulled forward, which through the flexibleconnection 53, lever 39, and connections draws on the brake-beam 27, asbefore, and withdraws the brake-shoes 29 29 from contact with the rearwheels, the release of the lever 50 permitting the brake to operate incase of a stoppage of the wagon, as heretofore described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a wagon, its box, wheels, axles, bolsters andtongue. of a movable brake-beam having shoes for engagement with therear wheels; retracting-springs connecting said brake-beam with the rearbolster; levers linked tosaid brake-beam; a frame secured to the underside of said box; a transverse lever pivotally secured to said frame: aflexible connection between said lever and the levers linked to saidbrake-beam; a toothed rack and a pivoted hand-lever for engagementtherewith, both secured to the said wagon-box; and a flexible connectionbetween this hand-lever and the said transverse lever.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand, atSheboygan Falls, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, inthe presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. A. MACHUT.

WVitn esses:

ED. VANDERMOLER, THEODOR MAOHUT.

